Trump Fires Official Over Jobs Report, Echoing an Authoritarian Playbook  —  In firing the head of the agency that collects employment statistics, the president underscored his tendency to suppress facts he doesn't like and promote his own version of reality.

Texas Democrats to flee state, blocking plan to pad GOP's control of Congress  —  By leaving, Democratic state legislators can stall a Republican plan that would give the GOP five more seats to protect their narrow House majority.  —  Just now  —  Democrats in the Texas legislature …

Trump Is Very Mad at Charlamagne Tha God for Talking About Epstein  —  “I think this Epstein thing is going to be a way for traditional conservatives to take their party back,” the radio host said on Lara Trump's Fox News show  —  Donald Trump is angry and lashing out at radio host …

White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge  —  President Donald Trump has said he wants a “baby boom,” but critics say his administration has yet to make significant family policy changes — and that Medicaid cuts will hurt.  —  Just now

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine  —  How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.  —  The digital deluge is a familiar annoyance for anyone on a Democratic fundraising list.

DOJ is walking back the White House's goal to arrest 3,000 immigrants per day … It's not the only case that has featured the 3,000-arrest-per-day target as a crucial piece of evidence that the administration's single-minded drive to rack up arrests may have prompted immigration authorities to cut corners or break the law.

Trump And Miller Compel Colleges Not To Enroll International Students  —  Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization.  —  SaveComment  —  The Trump administration is using rules, policies and formal agreements to compel and discourage U.S. universities from enrolling international students.

The Economics of Smoot-Hawley 2.0, Part I  —  Tariffs will be very high as far as the eye can see.  What does that mean?  —  ∙ Paid  —  The Aug. 1 deadline has come and gone, and Donald Trump hasn't made any trade deals.  What some gullible reports call “deals” are at best …

DNC chair says Democrats will start process of setting 2028 primary calendar this month  —  Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin said on Sunday that the party will begin deliberating the 2028 primary calendar later this month at a meeting in Minneapolis.

The rise of AI tools that write about you when you die  —  Families and funeral directors are using AI obituary generators to more efficiently memorialize the dead.  What happens when they get it wrong?  —  Two days after Jeff Fargo's mother died, he lay in bed, crying, at home in Nevada and opened his laptop to ChatGPT.

ICE crackdown imperils Afghans who aided U.S. war effort, lawyers say  —  Two former Afghan interpreters for U.S. forces face deportation despite following immigration processes, according to attorneys for the men.  —  One former interpreter for U.S. forces in Afghanistan was detained …

McCloskeys win back AR-15 rifle 5 years after Black Lives Matter protest confrontation  —  The St. Louis couple who went viral in 2020 for wielding guns as Black Lives Matter protesters marched outside their property have regained possession of their semiautomatic rifle.

Laura Loomer Attack on West Point Appointee Reflects Larger Fight Over Trump  —  Jen Easterly, who had served in Republican and Democratic administrations, was headed to the academy.  Then a right-wing activist stepped in.  —  Hours after West Point pulled its offer to have her teach cadets …

The Justice Department seeks voter and election information from at least 19 states, AP finds  —  The requests have come in letters, emails and phone calls.  The specifics vary, but the target is consistent: The U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up an effort to get voter data and other election information from the states.

Puzder confirmed as US ambassador to EU  —  Andrew Puzder, a former fast-food chain CEO, was confirmed by the Senate on Saturday as the U.S. ambassador to the European Union (EU).  —  Puzder's confirmation went through in a 53-44 vote, with New Hampshire Sens. Maggie Hassan (D) and Jeanne Shaheen …

‘They roll right over’: Many Democrats call their party weak and ineffective, AP-NORC poll finds  —  Many Democrats see their political party as “weak” or “ineffective,” according to a poll that finds considerable pessimism within Democratic ranks.  Republicans are more complimentary of their party …

The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein  —  Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women  —  On 2 July, the jury delivered a guilty verdict on some of the charges against the music mogul Sean Combs, accused of horrific sexual abuse …

Ghislaine Maxwell, Elizabeth Holmes, And Jen Shah Are At The Same Texas Prison  —  Jeffrey Epstein's famous confidante, the disgraced founder of Theranos, and the former Real Housewives of Salt Lake City are all serving time at Bryan Federal Prison Camp.  —  As demands for President Donald Trump …